"Greetings, Grandmaster..."
After entering the Elder Palace, Chen Changming bowed to Chu Qiushui, who sat above him.
Chu Qiushui sat in a bright yellow robe, her expression cool and her gaze as tranquil as autumn waters.
Although she had spent decades in seclusion, her cultivation had not broken through to the Mahayana Realm.
Her aura remained at the tenth layer of the Fusion Realm, little changed from before her seclusion.
On the Azure Wave Continent, the barrier between the Fusion Realm and the Mahayana Realm could not be broken through with a mere few decades of secluded cultivation.
It seems Mahayana Realm cultivators are hard to come by on the Azure Wave Continent, too...
Chen Changming sighed inwardly.
He knew this feeling all too well. Back in the Human Realm, spiritual energy had been thin on Wilderness Island, and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators had been exceedingly rare.
But in Great Qin, spiritual energy had been abundant, and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators had been everywhere.
The Spirit Realm was also divided into four continents, with the Azure Wave Continent being the worst of them. Thus, even cultivators of extraordinary talent found breaking through to the Mahayana Realm as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Scarce resources, the concentration of spiritual energy, the restrictions of the Heavenly Dao-all these factors intertwined, turning the Mahayana Realm into a dream countless cultivators could see but never reach.
With a gentle smile, Chu Qiushui looked Chen Changming up and down.
Her gaze lingered on him for a moment. Suddenly, she raised an eyebrow, a trace of surprise flashing through her eyes.
"Ning Jin, why has your body cultivation disappeared?"
Chu Qiushui smiled thoughtfully and asked, "Could it be that you've formed a body-cultivation avatar and sent it elsewhere?"
Though Chu Qiushui had seen through him at